Eric Roberts explains why you can look thinner without the scale moving: muscle is denser than fat, so losing fat while gaining muscle keeps your weight stable but changes your shape. Use progress photos and how clothes fit instead of trusting the scale.
If you're looking skinnier and people are noticing you're losing weight, but the number on the scale isn't going down, that's actually a good thing. And let me explain why. You have your body weight and your body fat percentage. Your body weight tells you how much you weigh, and your body fat percentage tells you what you look like and how toned and defined you are. Your body weight doesn't always correlate to your body fat percentage because if you're losing fat and building muscle at the same time, your body weight will not change that much, but your body fat percentage will go down. And because muscle is more dense than fat, which means it takes up less space on your body, this is how your clothes will fit different. And you will look different in the mirror and in pictures, but the number on the scale won't change that much. And this is why you should not just go by the number on the scale. It's just one piece of data, and you should go more by your progress pictures, how your clothes fit, and how you're looking in the mirror, because that tells you your body fat percentage. And if you need to know how many calories you should be eating to lose fat and build muscle at the same time, click the link in my bio.
